• Batch Computing - To support its product design community, Intel has developed a batch computing algorithm that predicts how long jobs are likely to run and when they are likely to fail. It hopes that early intervention will resolve issues before time and resources are expanded.

• Security - In a bid to protect Intel's information assets, it has deployed a dashboard that integrates malware data from multiple sources to provide granular information about specific clients or servers that have been infected. It also hopes to add a predictive engine to this data, which should enable proactive protection.

• To support its high-volume manufacturing, Intel has developed an engine that will enable early detection of product quality problems on manufacturing lines. It hopes that this will improve line yields and prevent high-volume and costly mistakes.

Despite its predicted value benefits, Intel also anticipates that there will be infrastructure and technical challenges to successfully pursuing an advanced BI roadmap. For example, it predicts that reducing latency to give employees access to real-time data, supporting multiple data sources, enabling collaborative, mobile and visual BI and implementing context-aware BI to a variety of devices will all be difficult tasks.

Microsoft has made an early version of Windows 10 - its next operating system - available for download. The OS promises better integration and harmonisation across platforms, including mobile and desktop.
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